Dates and Times
05 December 2019
17:30 - 19:30
Event for
Location
Address: Museum of Australia Democracy at Old Parliament House , Members' Dining Room 1
Organiser
Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis
Enquiry
Event about:
Deliberative Democratic Prospects? International and Australian Experience
All over the world, citizens and decision-makers increasingly turn to deliberative democracy to break national political deadlocks. From the Irish constitutional convention to the French Convention on Climate Change to Hong Kong’s residents calling for a citizens’ assembly, there is a growing appetite for forums designed for ordinary citizens to come together, learn about complex issues, and exchange reasons to think about solutions for the common good.
Can it happen here? Australia has been an early adopter, but the ill-fated Citizens’ Assembly on a carbon tax marks a singular failure thus far to scale deliberative practices to the federal level.
This hour-long panel discussion offers lessons from OECD countries and the Global South and invites reflections about the role, opportunities and limits of these national forums in Australia.
PANELLISTS
Claudia Chwalisz, OECD
Nicole Curato, Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance, University of Canberra
Beth Slatyer, Canberra Alliance for Participatory Democracy
Damian Carmichael, Department of Industry, Science and Innovation
MODERATOR
Simon Niemeyer
HOST
Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance
University of Canberra
CONTACT
Email: delibdem@canberra.edu.au
Twitter: @DelDemUcan
Website: deldem.canberra.edu.au
UC acknowledges the Ngunnawal people, traditional custodians of the lands where Bruce campus is situated. We wish to acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make to the life of Canberra and the region. We also acknowledge all other First Nations Peoples on whose lands we gather.